set trap

Example Sentences

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Make the cavity large enough to set trap about 3 inches deep, place ring over stake and drive stake in ground under where you set the trap.

From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

The Chilians had walked into a cleverly set trap and were paying dearly for their mistake.

From Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru by Rainey, W. (William)

Thus nothing was easier than to set trap after trap, into each of which the simple fellow fell as they were set—fell fatally.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

It appeared to have escaped from a deliberately set trap.

From Operation Terror by Leinster, Murray

It was a question whether Monkey had intentionally led him into a set trap, or his coming upon the balance of the crowd might be looked on as an accident.

From The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain by Warren, George A.